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NVCC named a leader among community colleges

July 30, 2010 /

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Bear Paw Development Corporation is a private non-profit organization created for the purpose of administering programs to help improve regional economic conditions in Hill, Blaine, Liberty, Chouteau and Phillips Counties and the Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy's Indian Reservations.

Completion rates are the bane of the community college. Even some of the most highly respected two-year colleges have degree attainment rates in the single digits. Many students go in; few come out. The majority become mired in remediation, or lose their way amid the pressures of family life and work.

So, the charts and graphs released this week by the nonprofit Achieving the Dream to plot the progress of Northern Virginia Community College stand out.

NVCC was cited Tuesday as one of seven Leader Colleges, for "demonstrating sustained improvement and accomplishments" in student achievement.

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